20th Annual Festival
of Dance & Music
April 8 - April 19, 2026
Mirando atras, moviendo pa’lante Looking back, Moving forward
The 20th Annual CubaCaribe Festival of Dance and Music will be a retrospective of the last 20 years of performances and a celebration of moving forward in community, resistance and joy.
We are incredibly proud and honored to still be showcasing amazing traditional, often unseen, master artists through performances, community engagement and educational outreach activities over the course of the festival’s 14 days.
FULL FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
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Wednesday April 8
7:00 - 9:00pm : Multi-media Presentation: with historian John Santos on The Parallel Colonial Histories that Unite the Music of Cuba and Puerto Rico @ MoAD
Friday April 10
8:00pm : Performance: Mixed Program show @ ODC Theater
Saturday April 11
11:00am-12:30pm: Master Afro-Cuban Modern dance class w/Marco Palomino @ ODC Theater
8:00pm : Performance: Mixed Program show @ ODC Theater
Sunday April 12
11:00am-12:30pm: Master Afro-Cuban Folkloric dance class w/Francy Ramos @ ODC Theater
4:00pm : Performance: Mixed Program show w/ honoring of John Santos @ ODC Theater
Wednesday April 15
7:00 - 9:30pm : Community Gathering/Celebration: Ritmo, Palabra y Movimiento: Una peña
Performances, dancing with DJ Leydis, Cuban food and drinks @ CANA: Indigenous Peoples Cultural Arts Healing Center
Friday April 17
5:30pm: Photo Exhibit: Rooting Within: Connecting roots from the Bay Area to Borikén by Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi @ Bay View Opera House
7:00pm : Performance: Enraizando/Rooting Within Featuring Shefali Shah and Aguacero and guests @ Bay View Opera House
Saturday April 18
5:30pm: Photo Exhibit: Rooting Within: Connecting roots from the Bay Area to Borikén by Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi @ Bay View Opera House
7:00pm : Performance: Enraizando/Rooting Within Featuring Shefali Shah and Aguacero and guests @ Bay View Opera House
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Sunday April 19
2:30 - 6:30pm : Puerto Rican Music & Dance Gathering/Jam: Bombatey. This Batey event will start with a Q&A featuring Shefali Shah and artists and collaborators of Enraizando/Rooting Within project. @ La Peña Cultural Center.
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ACCESSIBILITY
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All of our Festival venues (ODC Theater, Casa de Carnaval Indigenous Peoples Cultural Arts Healing Center, Bay View Opera House, La Peña Cultural Center) are ADA compliant. Please email contact@cubacaribe.org if you need special accommodations or have any questions.
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Images by
Tom Ehrlich, Areito Photography, Andy Mogg & Alexa Trevino
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